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المطاسب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to water, specifically stagnant or collected water. The primary meaning points to bodies of water that are still and possibly deep.

Derived headwords

المَطَاسِبnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant watersclassical

    Bodies of water that are still, not flowing, and may be deep or collected.

سَدِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stagnantclassical

    To become still, motionless, and collected, referring to water.

سَدْمnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnationclassical

    The state of being stagnant, referring to water that is still and collected.

Parallel reading

المطاسب: المياه السدم.
Al-Matasib: the stagnant waters.